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February 2018 posts from News and blog

Sorcha, from Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, took part in Concern Debates, and is now studying International Relations at Birmingham University. Sorcha captained her college team to victory in 2016 against more than 150 schools to win the competition. The prize saw her and five of her team mates visit Concern’s projects in rural Malawi which focused on gender equality and empowering women. We chat to her about being part of a “global community”, what she believes to be the biggest thing holding people back from aiding some of the most devastating problems, and why everyone should get involved with the programme!

Complex problems demand complex solutions — and the communities who live in some of Chad’s more isolated areas face a wide variety of challenges, including droughts, flooding and food crises. Concern is leading a group of partner organizations that is helping them find a wide variety of solutions.

The basic idea that resilience boils down to is a familiar one: prevention is better than the cure. It is not, of course, possible to prevent disasters entirely. But by helping people prepare for them and acting early to reduce their impacts, we can stop the worst of the possible damage taking place. But this raises more complicated questions. Just how much better is it? And what does this mean in financial terms?

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